Taxonomy

Question 1

Kingdom (+examples)

Answer 1

5 kingdoms: Protists, Animals, Plants, Fungi, or Bacteria. Everything is a eukaryote except Bacteria.

Question 2

Phylum

Answer 2

Vertebrates- Phylum Chordata
Invertabrates- other Phyla

Question 3

Class

Answer 3

Animal kingdom examples are: Aves, Mammalia, Amphibia, and Reptilia

Question 4

Order

Answer 4

Examples for class of Mammalia: carnivora, insectovora, rodentia, cetacea, and proboscidia

Question 5

Family:

Answer 5

Canidae, Felidae

Question 6

Genus

Answer 6

First word of Binomial Numenclature (always capitalized)

Question 7

Species

Answer 7

Second word of Binomial Numenclature (not capitalized) level where organisms resemble each other and mate with eachother

Question 8

Binomial Numenclature

Answer 8

2 part naming system (latin) Genus, Species

Question 9

Phylogeny

Answer 9

evolutionary history of an organism used to group all organisms into one of 5 kingdoms

Question 10

Classification

Answer 10

grouping things toghether based on similarities

Question 11

Taxonomy

Answer 11

The branch of biology in which all living organisms are classfied into groups

Question 12

Carlous Linnaues

Answer 12

Swedish biologists who created Taxonomy (7 step naming system)